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Omron V3TU-1K magnetic card reader

Posted on 2011-01-02

This weeks Sunday activity: playing around with an Omron V3TU-1K magnetic card reader with USB interface. Second (or third, fourh .. ) hand, and of course no drivers to be found anywhere. [15293.788217] usb 4-1: new low speed USB device … Continue reading →

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Kindle 3

Posted on 2010-11-06

I am now(-ish) the proud owner of an Amazon Kindle with WiFi and 3g. After having used it for reading 1,5 sci-fi novels, I must say I think it works. One problem is of course the complete lack of Norwegian … Continue reading →

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Blog moved

Posted on 2010-11-06

The pressure finally got to me; I can’t handle the constant nagging from wordpress about upgrading to the latest version. I have now moved my blog to wordpress.com, probably just as they intended. :-) There is some mod_rewrite magic working … Continue reading →

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Porting GnuRadio USRP examples to USRP2

Posted on 2010-10-29

Most example code in gnuradio-examples/ is written for the USRP. If you are new to this (as I am), it is somewhat tricky to update the USRP1 code into working with the USRP2. This is a short list of what … Continue reading →

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Litt GSM-snop

Posted on 2010-07-27

A5/1 -gutta skal ha en presentasjon på blackhat snart-ish. (28.). Det er ganske god aktivitet på epostlista for tiden, anbefales for interesserte. Harald Welte sitt (litt gamle) paper om hvordan GSM-telefoner virker er verdt å lese, og related-key-angrepet på A5/3 … Continue reading →

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obdtester.com ELM-USB specifics

Posted on 2010-04-22

I’ve bought a ELM-USB from obdtester.com. It interfaces the OBC-II bus found in just about all recent cars into a serial port over USB. Inside the case there are two circuit boards: One marked “Generic OBDII Board” and one marked … Continue reading →

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NTNU sin kalender i Google Calendar

Posted on 2010-04-13

NTNU IT kjører kalendertjenesten http://kalender.ntnu.no/ basert på godt modne Oracle Calendar. I tilfelle noen andre har tatt steget inn i totusentallet og bruker en annen kalender, her er hvordan man kan få en iCalendar-fil ut av NTNU sin kalender. Du … Continue reading →

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Podcasts av DJ Friendly på NRK P3

Posted on 2009-12-08

DJ Friendly spiller chillout og kule greier på P3 på torsdager og i helgene. Dessverre får ikke NRK lov å legge ut podcasts av dette, ettersom det er mer en så så mange minutter musikk per time. Ettersom jeg liker … Continue reading →

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DEAR GOOGLE

Posted on 2009-08-30

Regarding the new “x people liked this” feature in google reader. Why can’t I turn this sillyness off? I don’t want to know that “David” from New York enjoyed this posting. I don’t care about David, I have no idea … Continue reading →

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Neat OpenStreetMap (/geo) tools

Posted on 2009-08-13

It isn’t always so easy to find the different OSM initiatives around the web. People put up their pet project on some private web page, perhaps link it up from the osm wiki, or perhaps not. Here are some tools … Continue reading →

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